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Exploring key leadership abilities that drive success
by Evelyne Legaux on 17-07-2024
As the world keeps evolving at unprecedented pace and making change a compelling priority, it is fascinating to observe that most corporate transformations actually fail to deliver the value creation expected from them. It is therefore of utmost importance to understand WHY? Studies show, when it comes to transformation programmes, that the key drivers of success or failu...
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Harvesting the low-hanging fruits of payments process automation…
by Evelyne Legaux on 20-06-2024
This article dives into how companies can achieve agility & heightened visibility in Cash management while reducing costs in the much scrutinized area of Operational Finance. More specifically, we focus on the pivotal dimension & benefits of automation for payments efficiency. According to a recent survey, 84% of Irish CFOs view improving efficiency...
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A recommended Approach to building Resiliency in growing Complexity
by Evelyne Legaux on 16-05-2024
This article takes a look at some of the latest developments in the inter-connected global Risk landscape, and explores a recommended approach corporates should adopt to navigate growing uncertainty & complexity and build resiliency. In 2024, managing Risk – with capital R - continues to invite itself at the top of Executive leaders & Boards&r...
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Diversity areas to tap into and a ‘Must have’ tip to be Inclusive
by Evelyne Legaux on 16-04-2024
With International Women’s Day and its ‘Inspire Inclusion’ theme recently celebrated, this article ought to further look at why corporates must TRULY embody Diversity & Inclusion, various ways they can do so and what this means for leadership. Whatever your functional area – Finance or else - or role as a middle-management team lead, senior ex...
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Practical measures to make your integrated P2P process efficient & effective
by Evelyne Legaux on 14-03-2024
Today’s article puts the spotlight on the sensitive area of cost management on the backdrop of ever-challenged business operating models & strategies, and ventures on the other side of the fence to look at the critical role of indirect Procurement & the Procure to Pay (P2P) cycle. With inflationary pressures & rising interest rates gradual...
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MAKE YOUR PEOPLE THE HEROES TO BRING YOUR VISION TO LIFE
by Evelyne Legaux on 15-02-2024
This month’s article explores the central roles of people-centricity and trust in transformation success. More specifically, we dive into the fascinating realm of human behaviours and why leaders should embrace it. At the dawn of 2024, what is top of mind for CEOs & other executives in the corporate world? Whether it’s the impacts of geopoli...
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Explore new tools, products & techniques to access operating liquidity
by Evelyne Legaux on 16-01-2024
Today's article builds on our previous piece ‘When corporate Treasury emerges as a strategic business partner… Or the golden Era of balance sheet Health’ published in May 2023, and further delves into evolving tools, products & techniques available to businesses that aim to optimise Working Capital. Setting the sta...
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Find out why the world is at inflection point and how the key attributes of companies’ boards are being reshaped
by Evelyne Legaux on 19-12-2023
This article takes a look at some aspects of the political landscape & geostrategic tensions in key geographies across the planet. It also brings out fundamental shifts currently at play in the international order, all the while calling out practical implications for businesses. Since the end of World War II, humanity has never had to face so many complex challenges &...
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Learn why what has always been an intrinsic component of leadership is now being finally acknowledged as such
by Evelyne Legaux on 15-11-2023
This article dives into the key attributes that businesses must possess to be resilient & thrive in today’s world. We also look at areas where the change imperative has become compelling for businesses & what that means for leaders. According to the Boston Consulting Group, only the top 5% of companies in the S&P 500 index are highly performing in terms ...
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An exploration of what Treasurers can do to stay ahead of the curve and underlying success factors
by Evelyne Legaux on 17-10-2023
This article looks at some of the latest developments in the world of corporate Treasury. More specifically, we dive into what those professionals can do in the face of macro-economic volatility, geopolitical tensions & fast-paced change, to stay ahead of the curve. For many businesses, being able to navigate the current global trading environment is actually nothing ...
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Today's article turns the spotlight on political risk as THE rising star of corporate facing risks in today’s global trade environment, and looks at what businesses with an international footprint can do to navigate it.
by Evelyne Legaux on 14-09-2023
Truth is up until 2022, political risk was barely discussed in corporate boards meetings because considered a low-probability evil by many global businesses. The ongoing war in Ukraine however dramatically changed that perception, thus bringing political risk and its potentially devastating impact to business operations & finances to the fore. ...
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The mission of Finance in the corporate world is redefined by external factors, compelling it to re-invent its operating model to meet new business needs. So what can leaders do to successfully transform on the backdrop of complexity & uncertainty?
by Evelyne Legaux on 18-07-2023
Over the past few years, CFOs & senior Finance leaders have been confronted with the perfect storm of challenges ranging from the respective impacts of Brexit & the global pandemic to the emergence of new technology, exacerbated geopolitical risk or else new regulatory compliance requirements, on the backdrop of macroeconomic volatility. Such a wider uncertain con...
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A bold look at the world we live in, and where it is headed if nothing changes in our ways of living, educating, thinking, growing & leading. We shed some light on why we are where we are & what needs to change in our societal & leadership models.
by Evelyne Legaux on 20-06-2023
How often do we take time out of our daily/weekly schedule to step back & reflect on the world we live in today? Presumably not often enough… humans having a tendency to prioritize their own short term needs & wants. It is a worthwhile exercise though, because what we are most likely to see is a world faced with unprecedent...
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How the CFO's evolving role creates a historical opportunity for corporate Treasury to come out of the shadow & partner with the business. More specifically, we look at why a healthy balance sheet is so important & how to achieve Cash excellence!
by Evelyne Legaux on 17-05-2023
Over the past few years, the office of the CFO has been going through a significant evolution from safeguarding & analysing a company’s past performance to strategically advising the CEO & other C-suite executives about the future direction of the business. Unsurprisingly, what is applicable to the role of the CFO equally applies to the entire Finance organi...
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This article explores some of the actions business leaders can take to develop an effective & sustained Cash management strategy, a key resiliency & survival lesson from the pandemic crisis with a particular focus on new technology adoption.
by Evelyne Legaux on 18-04-2023
In the current economic environment, Cash management has moved from being an important topic to featuring, more often than not, on the Board room agenda. With Cash driving how liquid a business might be, managing it soundly is vital to build resilience in the face of uncertainty & volatility. The era of near exclusive focus on the top...
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